{"product_id":"book-of-numbers-paperback","title":"Book of Numbers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewheeling meditation on the wired life, on privacy, on what being human in the age of binary code might mean\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND \u003ci\u003eTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shatteringly powerful . . . I cannot think of anything by anyone in [Cohen's] generation that is so frighteningly relevant and composed with such continuous eloquence. There are moments in it that seem to transcend our impasse.\"--\u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe enigmatic billionaire founder of Tetration, the world's most powerful tech company, hires a failed novelist, Josh Cohen, to ghostwrite his memoirs. The mogul, known as Principal, brings Josh behind the digital veil, tracing the rise of Tetration, which started in the earliest days of the Internet by revolutionizing the search engine before venturing into smartphones, computers, and the surveillance of American citizens. Principal takes Josh on a mind-bending world tour from Palo Alto to Dubai and beyond, initiating him into the secret pretext of the autobiography project and the life-or-death stakes that surround its publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Insider tech exposé, leaked memoir-in-progress, international thriller, family drama, sex comedy, and biblical allegory, \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers \u003c\/i\u003erenders the full range of modern experience both online and off. Embodying the Internet in its language, it finds the humanity underlying the virtual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction, \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic of the digital age, a triumph of a new generation of writers, and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Great American Internet Novel is here. . . . \u003ci\u003eBook of Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating look at the dark heart of the Web. . . . A page-turner about life under the veil of digital surveillance . . . one of the best novels ever written about the Internet.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A startlingly talented novelist.\"\u003cb\u003e--The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkable . . . dazzling . . . Cohen's literary gifts . . . suggest that something is possible, that something still might be done to safeguard whatever it is that makes us human.\"\u003cb\u003e--Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1980 in Atlantic City. His books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, \u003ci\u003eMoving Kings, Book of Numbers, Witz, A Heaven of Others, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto;\u003c\/i\u003e the short-fiction collection \u003ci\u003eFour New Messages, \u003c\/i\u003e and the nonfiction collection \u003ci\u003eAttention: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e. Cohen was awarded Israel's 2013 Matanel Prize for Jewish Writers, and in 2017 was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757765361952,"sku":"9780812986655","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b96206b451374fe53760f981c7d8431f.webp?v=1780111277","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/book-of-numbers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}